[It's a good thing she doesn't ask because it would only launch them into that endless cycle of why she didn't choose him back then...
...And a part of him wonders if she would choose him now. If she would follow him if given the choice...especially if Barnabas was still around. If the positions were reversed, if he were dead and she were alive, would she choose to stay with him in this life or go back to her king?
He doesn't want to think about it so he won't, for he fears the same thing she does. Which is why it's another reason why he's so foolish right now, choosing a woman over everything else, even if he really doesn't have much of a choice to make. But if he did...he feels his answer would still be the same.]
I haven't.
[...But that bit of fear does creep in, and his fingertips rub against her shoulder before they find the thin, slender chain around her neck and drift down to the pendant that hangs just above the water.]
...But what of yours?
[He's been offering a lot to her. Way more than he should, and he's made it clear. But what of her? Sure he can sense it, feel it, but... Well given everything, it's only fair that he has some of those same doubts and questions lingering still, and it's only fair for him to ask of her the same.]
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...And a part of him wonders if she would choose him now. If she would follow him if given the choice...especially if Barnabas was still around. If the positions were reversed, if he were dead and she were alive, would she choose to stay with him in this life or go back to her king?
He doesn't want to think about it so he won't, for he fears the same thing she does. Which is why it's another reason why he's so foolish right now, choosing a woman over everything else, even if he really doesn't have much of a choice to make. But if he did...he feels his answer would still be the same.]
I haven't.
[...But that bit of fear does creep in, and his fingertips rub against her shoulder before they find the thin, slender chain around her neck and drift down to the pendant that hangs just above the water.]
...But what of yours?
[He's been offering a lot to her. Way more than he should, and he's made it clear. But what of her? Sure he can sense it, feel it, but... Well given everything, it's only fair that he has some of those same doubts and questions lingering still, and it's only fair for him to ask of her the same.]